Combined cigarette or tobacco package and ash tray



Feb. 22, 1949. 2,462,160.

,COMBINED CIGARETTE 0R TOBACCO PACKAGE AND ASH TRAY T. J. BRYAN FiledOct. 29, 1945 INVENTOR. 7500145 fail-0V Bfinw m. M M

Patented Feb. 22, 1949 UNIT-ED {STATES PATENT ()FFlC-E CQMBINEDCIGARETTE OR TOBACCO PACKAGE AND ASH TRAY Thomas Joseph Bryan, Brooklyn,N. Y.

Application October 29, 1945, Serial No. 625,231

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to an improved tobacco package, for cigarettes orsmoking tobacco, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide afoldable receptacle or tray for ashes, which is attached to the side ofthe tobacco package, and may be opened to receive ashes or the stub endsof cigarettes, when the user is visiting, or driving in an automobile,or vacationing or resting in the outside of his home or otherwise.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a tobacco packagewith a cigarette stub or ash container or tray, which can be made offire resisting paper or similar material, and attached under productionmethods, to one side of the package, and normally sealed by a label, andthen opened when desired by the customer or user, to receive ashes ofthe burning of the cigarettes or tobacco.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists incertain new and useful combinations, constructions and arrangements ofparts, clearly described in the following specification, and fullyillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, showing the ash receptacle folded againstthe tobacco package.

Fig. 2 is an end View thereof.

Fig. 3 is another end view, but showing the ash receptacle opened.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view, showing the ash receptacle opened.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation, showing the folded sides of the ashreceptacle sealed by a rupturable label or paper seal.

Fig. 6 is an edge view of a folded ash tray, which is adapted to beattached to any standard tobacco package.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the practicalembodiment of the invention, 5 designates a standard package in whichsmoking tobacco or cigarettes is sold and from which supplies are drawnfor smoking.

In the case of either smoking tobacco or of cigarettes, the user isfrequently required to safely deposit ashes and finds 'no tray orreceptacle available. If the user is visiting, he may be sensitive inasking for an ash tray, and if he is outdoors he may be forced todeposit the ashes or the stub end of the cigarette, or the bowl residueof his smoking pipe, in the open ground, with the possible hazard ofstarting a fire, through undetected or carelessly dropped liveparticles.

The present invention aims to provide the standard cigarette or tobaccopackage with a foldable ash holding tray l of the package 5.

This tray includes the bottom 8, the opposing sides 9 and I0, and theopposing ends II and 52, all hinged on the bottom and connected at thecorners [3 to provide a folding structure. The depth of the sides 9 andIII is shown to be approximately equal to one-half the width of thebottom, so that when folded the sides will lie in a common plane againstthe package.

The ends H and 52 are formed with diagonal fold lines or creases l4 andI5, extending from the inner and outer corners l6 and I1 toward thecenters of the sides, at the outer edges thereof. These diagonal foldlines or creases permit the ends to fold upon themselves, between thesides, when the receptacle or ash tray is collapsed.

In Fig. 5 I show a paper seal !8, which may be printed with any tradeannouncement or advertising matter, which is attached to the outersurfaces of the folded sides 9 and I0, and provided with a weakeningline I9, centered between the opposing edges 9 and ll) of these foldedsides, so as to permit of quick and easy rupturing, by the pressure of afinger nail or the use of a pencil, toothpick or other pointed object.

In Fig. 6 I show a folded ash tray 20, which is provided on its bottomside with a removable label 2!, to cover a deposit of adhesive material,which is capable of attaching the ash tray to any tobacco or cigarettepackage. This adhesive material is of the type that is used on adhesivetape, and which remains tacky for an indefinite period of time.

The paper used in the manufacture of the foldable and attached ash traymay be made slow burning or fire resistant by the use of any approvedprocess or chemical treatment, and may be made of thin asbestosmaterial.

When common commercial paper is used for the making of the foldable ashtray the paper may be treated with a fire proofing composition like thefollowing:

Ammonium sulphate, 8 parts; boracic acid 3 parts, boraX 2 parts, andwater parts; and may be then coated with water glass.

The invention also provides means for quickly snufiing out live cindersor burning particles of tobacco, as the sides can be folded over anyashes or residue deposited in the receptacle, so as to exclude the samefrom the circulation of the air, and thereby quickly extinguish theburning particles or residue.

The additional cost of the foldable ashtray 6, attached to one sidewould be entirely insignificant, on a large production basis, andprovides a distinguishing mark for identifying the tobacco package onsale.

It is understood that various changes and alterations may be resorted toin carrying out the invention, as defined by the claim hereof.

Having described the invention, I claim as new:

The combination with a standard commercial cigarette filled packagehaving a plurality of sides, of a fire resisting paper ash tray attachedto one side of the package and normally collapsed against the side ofthe package, said tray com prising end members which fold between sidemembers approximately one-half the width of the base of-the tray, and apaper seal attached to the folded sides of the tray and provided with aweakening line located between the confronting edges of the foldedsides.

THOMAS JOSEPH BRYAN.

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